When the news came that Nanjing was sending troops, everyone in the Songjiang Mansion was immediately in a state of panic.
"What should we do? I wonder when Shandong's troops will arrive?"
Pan Yunlong completely lost his sense of proportion and only placed his hope on reinforcements from Shandong.
Only Wang Ruixian and Li Chuntian could remain calm at this time.
"Where have the officers and soldiers gone?"
The person below reports.
"Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi has led his army to Danyang, and Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao has led the Jiangnan Navy and is now stationed at Xupu."
Wang Ruixian and Li Chongtian couldn't help looking at each other after hearing this.
The map of Jiangnan has naturally been in their minds for a long time.
According to their expectations, Nanjing was close at hand, and once the troops were sent out, it would take at most seven or eight days to reach Songjiang.
Especially since Nanjing has a naval force, it can reach the foot of Songjiang City in two days by traveling down the Yangtze River.
As a result, these two Ming armies have not yet reached Suzhou Prefecture...
"Is there any movement among Wu Song's officers and soldiers?"
Xu Erjue was responsible for this matter, and he did his best.
"Ma Daxuan is still thirty miles north of the city. He is probably waiting for the Nanjing army to arrive and encircle him."
Wang Ruixian was making urgent calculations in his mind.
"Is there any movement from the Ming Army on the South Road?"
Pan Xiaona hurriedly reported it.
"The soldiers and horses of Jinshan Guard are still in Maqiao Town and have never come out."
This time Wang Ruixian has completely grasped the situation.
"The officers and soldiers of Wu Song and Jinshan Guard will definitely not dare to move until the reinforcements from Nanjing arrive. And once the officers and soldiers of Nanjing arrive, Songjiang Prefecture will definitely be surrounded from all sides."
Everyone can see this.
Wu Song's Ming army is stationed in the north, Jinshan Guard is in the south, Zhu Guobi leads his troops from the west, and Liu Kongzhao's navy will block the east side once it enters the Huangpu River.
Li Chongtian is extremely bold.
"We can't wait for the officers and soldiers to surround us, otherwise it will be difficult to fight this battle."
There were some things he didn't feel embarrassed to say openly.
Although the workers in Songjiang Prefecture have been united now, these people have not received any military training and are just white soldiers on the battlefield. They definitely don't have much hope in the event of a fight.
If the army is allowed to attack, Songjiang Fucheng will never be able to defend it.
In this case, before the officers and soldiers are surrounded on all sides, reducing the pressure is the best choice.
If we can win one or two battles in advance, it will boost everyone's morale.
"You want to take the initiative?"
Wang Ruixian was not surprised by his idea.
Li Chongtian was gearing up.
"Now the Ming armies in the north and south are all as timid as mice. It can be seen that the skills of the leading generals must be ordinary. The officers and soldiers would never have thought that we would dare to abandon the city and take the initiative. This is an opportunity. We should catch them off guard."
Everyone in Songjiang Mansion was frightened when they heard that Li Chongtian wanted to leave the city to fight.
Zhang Yuanchang of the Zhang family was quite worried.
"Now that Nanjing has mobilized tens of thousands of troops to attack, we will defend the city with all our strength. The victory or defeat is still unknown. If we rush out of the city to fight, once defeated, the city will be destroyed overnight, and I am afraid that we will not be able to wait for reinforcements from Shandong."
Zhang Yuanchang is Zhang Nai's son.
Zhang Nai was good friends with Yao Shishen and Xu Guangqi, the ministers of the Ministry of Punishment of Nanjing.
Yao Shishen had already secretly communicated Nanjing's actions, so everyone in Songjiang Prefecture was frightened.
Li Chongtian was unmoved.
"That's why we have to take the initiative. Otherwise, we'll be beaten passively. It's impossible to defend the city with our hasty army."
Wang Ruixian also expressed support for Li Chongtian.
"If you want to fight, I suggest you fight the Nanlu Ming Army."
Li Chongtian was a little confused this time.
"Obviously North Road is closer."
Wang Ruixian smiled, showing his cunning side.
"Just because the North Road is closer, the North Road will definitely take more precautions against us. On the contrary, the South Road is far away in Maqiao Town, so we would never expect that we would take the initiative to knock on our door. Furthermore, if we hit the South Road, we have internal support."
Only then did Li Zhongtian realize that Wang Ruixian was from the Intelligence Department.
The Intelligence Department must have laid a secret here.
"Well, let's take the south road."
Maqiao Town.
Jinshanwei has already occupied this place.
Dingbo Camp lives in the south of the city.
This place is remote and remote, with no human habitation.
General Manager Wu Zhikui was walking in the camp with a worried look on his face.
"Haven't the money and food been allocated yet?"
The people under his command were full of complaints.
"All the people here have fled long ago. Even the wells have been filled with soil, and there is no food to be found. General Lu Shen has food in his hands, but he only cares about his own soldiers and won't give it to us at all."
Hearing this situation, Wu Zhikui was filled with resentment, but there was nothing he could do.
His eyes looked towards the far north, full of worry about the current situation.
As a native of Songjiang Prefecture, he really couldn't do it if he was asked to massacre the people.
But under the military order, even as a small commander, there was nothing he could do.
It was getting late, but there was still no money allocated from above. All the soldiers in Dingbo Camp were hungry. They were swearing and their morale was at its lowest point.
But no one was making trouble.
Just because Wu Zhikui always loved soldiers as much as his own son and took good care of everyone.
This time, everyone knew that it was not Wu Zhikui who was depriving himself of food, but the bastard general above.
But no one is sure how long they can hold on when they are hungry.
"Boss, someone wants to see you."
The people below brought a young scholar.
"My Majesty Jiang Guan has met General Wu."
Seeing that the other party was upright and well-groomed, Wu Zhikui was quite cautious.
"I wonder where sir come from?"
Jiang Guan chuckled, but what he said made Wu Zhikui's expression change drastically.
"I have been entrusted by Xia Yizhong to give the general some guidance."
Wu Zhikui stood up in confusion, overjoyed.
"Where is my mentor?"
At the beginning, Xia Yunyi came to Songjiang Prefecture from Zhejiang to meet with the Fushe scholars. When he was passing through Jinshan, Wu Zhikui admired his reputation and came to ask for advice.
Originally, the scholars at that time looked down upon a mere warrior.
But Xia Yunyi liked Wu Zhikui's eagerness to learn and taught him patiently, which benefited Wu Zhikui a lot.
Later, Wu Zhikui passed the martial arts examination and was very impressive in the written examination, all due to Xia Yunyi's contribution.
From then on, Wu Zhikui respected Xia Yunyi like a god and always considered himself a student.
According to the original history, when the Qing troops moved south, Xia Yunyi contacted people with lofty ideals to fight against the Qing troops. Wu Zhikui responded with all his strength and eventually died heroically for his country.
And this person is what Wang Ruixian calls an internal agent.
Jiang Guan asked Wu Zhikui to get rid of irrelevant people.
"General Wu, you are a native of this place, do you really want to raise a butcher's knife against Sangzi's father and mother?"
Upon hearing his question, Wu Zhikui sighed deeply.
"How dare I try to harm my fellow countrymen? How dare I disobey military orders under military orders?"
Jiang Guan did not press, but asked again: "General Wu, in your opinion, who is the right in what happened today?"
Wu Zhikui was stunned, and then his expression became subtle.